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Location

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About

Welcome to Foxyards! Please take a look around our website to find out more about our amazing school. Our school nurtures curiosity and creativity through an inspiring, broad and engaging curriculum, where learning is paramount.

The children of Foxyards Academy learn to become resilient and self-assured in an environment where they are safe and encouraged to excel in all they do. We embrace challenge and encourage achievement as individuals, by preparing children for their role as citizens in modern Britain.

We aim to be an outstanding, inspirational school in the heart of a culturally diverse community, striving for excellence, enabling children to achieve their highest potential in all facets of school life. Our school's reflective approach, adopted by teachers and children, enables the development of growth mind-set where anything is achievable.

We value the views of our children by instating annually a Pupil Leadership team that drives standards and key issues. Children also benefit from aspirational extra-curricular learning opportunities accredited by the Children's University, a methodology that prepares children with an early understanding of higher education.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Awards

2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
  • Teaching School HubRecognised award

Key facts

URN
148182
Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Ages
3 to 11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Dudley
Constituency
Dudley
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2021

Governing body (8 current, 12 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

2 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
David Coles Confirmed same person FormerChair of Local Governing BodyAppointed by trusteessince 2024 · term ended 2026

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Julie GriceLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2026
Ms Stephanie BaileyLocal GovernorParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Sarah HurleyLocal GovernorParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Rebecca VowlesLocal GovernorParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Ben ColeLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Amanda CrookesLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Rachael HaywardLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Andy ChellLocal Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professionalsince 2026
Ben Cole FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by trusteessince 2025 · term ended 2026
Rachael Hayward FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by trusteessince 2025 · term ended 2026
Amanda Crookes FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by trusteessince 2025 · term ended 2026
Stephanie Bailey FormerLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2025 · term ended 2026
Sarah Hurley FormerLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2025 · term ended 2026
Rebecca Vowles FormerLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2025 · term ended 2026
Gurjit Nijjar Confirmed same person FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by trusteessince 2025 · term ended 2026
Julie Grice FormerLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Alan Rogers FormerLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mr Mark Price FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by trusteessince 2024 · term ended 2026
Mrs Lauren Prosser FormerLocal Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professionalsince 2023 · term ended 2025

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record